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Prendre la main ..

English translation: to remotely control (context IT)


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French term or phrase:Prendre la main ..
English translation:to remotely control (context IT)
Entered by: juliebarba
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09:20 May 9, 2006
French to English translations [PRO]
Computers (general)
French term or phrase: Prendre la main ..
PERMETTRE A L’UTILISATEUR DE PRENDRE LA MAIN SUR LE SYSTEME DE REGULATION
FIROOZEH FARHANG
Canada
to remotely control
Explanation:
remote control...
to have remote control..

Based on your comment
Asker: C'est dans le sens ou une personne prend la main sur un ordinateur distant. C'est à dire qu'il en prend le contrôle des commandes à distance. Il y a une expression pour ça! Je ne sais juste + laquelle!!
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juliebarba
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:53
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
I couldn't find the right words!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
1 +3Manipulate, take controlKim Hooper
3controlxxxCMJ_Trans
3 -1to remotely control
juliebarba


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
control


Explanation:
learn how to control perhaps - if this is in the sense of "se faire la main".

get the measure of

xxxCMJ_Trans
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: C'est dans le sens ou une personne prend la main sur un ordinateur distant. C'est à dire qu'il en prend le contrôle des commandes à distance. Il y a une expression pour ça! Je ne sais juste + laquelle!!

Asker: Thank u


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charlie Bavington: "prendre le main" in IT contexts is fairly common usage for "taking control of" and similar notions
25 mins
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Manipulate, take control


Explanation:
Je ne suis pas sûre, il y a peut-être un terme plus technique!

Kim Hooper
France
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank u


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charlie Bavington: or "take remote control of/over" given the note made to CMJ, just for extra clarification if required. Just "take over" would also do fine here.
10 mins
agree  Patricia Lane
12 mins
agree  xxxkblake007: Take control works in the technical community, another way of saying this is prise en main à distance (remote control)
3 days12 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
to remotely control


Explanation:
remote control...
to have remote control..

Based on your comment
Asker: C'est dans le sens ou une personne prend la main sur un ordinateur distant. C'est à dire qu'il en prend le contrôle des commandes à distance. Il y a une expression pour ça! Je ne sais juste + laquelle!!

juliebarba
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
I couldn't find the right words!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Charlie Bavington: no argument with "remote" (see my Agree to Kim) but "prendre la main" *does* imply that something/one else initially has control, and that this control is then 'acquired' by something/one else, which is missing from simply "to (remotely) control".
33 mins
  -> hi. Sorry hadn't seen your other comment. However I don't think that you do need to add 'take' with remote control in this case as ,IMO, its self explanatory on that point....
disagree  xxxkblake007: this is close but not quite right. Prendre la main would just be "take control," remote control would be prendre en main à distance
3 days11 hrs
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